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NARCOTINE
Noun
narcotine (countable and uncountable, plural narcotines)
An alkaloid found in opium
Synonyms
• noscapine
Anagrams
• container, cotarnine, crenation
Source: Wiktionary
Nar"co*tine, n. Etym: [Cf. F. narcotine. Cf. Cotarnine.] (Chem.)
Definition: An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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